Modern system collecting

[Iron Draggon]

what modern systems are you collecting for?

I'm doing Wii-PC

it's the perfect combo for the gamer who wants the best of everything that all the modern systems have to offer, without breaking the bank to experience it!

why are you doing it?

[Joe West]

PS3 All the way..............................

[MrSparkle]

Wii, PC, and DS. I plan on picking up a 60 gig ps3 at some point and then getting a 360 at some point as well.

[robotriot]

I chose all, but I don't really collect for PC, I just occasionally buy a game for PC if it's not available on a console. I do "collect" for Wii, DS, PS3 and 360 though, although I'm not aiming for any complete sets. I'm just getting the games I like to play or think are somehow special.

[scooterb23]

Wii60!

[maxlords]

I buy for all systems, because invariably, good original games come out exclusive to each one. I don't exactly buy every release for every system, but I grab a game here and there for each one.

[jcalder8]

I collect for the 360 but I'll buy a good game for any system.

[iycon]

i have a 360 and a wii. At this point i wouldnt say im collecting 360 as much as im rather buying what i want to play.
My wife bought a wii but really i costanzas it.

i am curious however, how will these modern cosoles be judged in value with all the arcade games videos, add-ons,etc on their hard drives? will one console have better resale value because it has a ton of game add-ons, over one that has alot of tv shows on its hard drive?

[PapaStu]

You're missing the DS and PSP.

The closest to real 'collecting' I do is with the DS and the 360. The other ones I get games that I want (which is usually more than one can play anyways, so I guess that could be considered collecting as well).

[Cloud121]

PS3 primarily. I was a 360 fanboy until I bought my PS3 a year ago. Now I power on my 360 maybe once a month, whereas my PS3 gets used for hours everyday. Haven't touched my Wii in months (Haven't bought a game for that in over a year).

[bcks007]

You're missing the DS and PSP.

The fricken PS2 was also forgotten.
I collect for the PS2.

[roushimsx]

I'm pretty homo-gay for PC, but I kind of also buy games on PS3, 360 and PSP.

Still collecting PS2, too. Try as I might, I just can't seem to pick up every last game that I want because I inevitably wind up finding out about another game I need to check out.

[c0ldb33r]

I buy games for all systems except PS3, which I don't own yet and PC.

You should have made the poll allow users to choose multiple items

[TheDomesticInstitution]

PS3 & Wii.Primarily the PS3, but I'll pick up a Wii game every now and again. Although I don't think I own more than a dozen titles each for either.

I own a G4 Mac (which is not a gaming machine) and only 2 Blizzard games, so I won't count it. I'll probably get in on 360 collecting later in it's life span, when I feel a little better about it's stability.

So yeah, that's it.

[bcks007]

roushimsx how many ps2 games are you at? I'm around 1,032, with 15 variants added to that. So close to 1,050 i guess...

[roushimsx]

roushimsx how many ps2 games are you at? I'm around 1,032, with 15 variants added to that. So close to 1,050 i guess...

456 not including duplicates (so maybe 470ish?). I said before that I didn't think I'd ever hit 450, but that's come and gone. I think realistically I'm going to cap out at around 500. Maybe maybe MAYBE 525.

Who knows?

[deltoidsteep]

wii, ps3, 360, ds and psp. for the life of me, i just cant do pc gaming. it costs less to buy all the systems than it does to upgrade your pc every 5 minutes. and i will take a controller over a keyboard and mouse any day.

[Sudo]

PS3 and 360 for the most part.

[roushimsx]

wii, ps3, 360, ds and psp. for the life of me, i just cant do pc gaming. it costs less to buy all the systems than it does to upgrade your pc every 5 minutes. and i will take a controller over a keyboard and mouse any day.

Not really true. PC hardware and game development has been at a point for the last two years or so where it's extremely easy to built an inexpensive PC that can handle pretty much any game you throw at it. Blame ATi and Nvidia for pushing the power of graphics cards through the roof while developers look to focus on developing for lesser-powered consoles instead.

You can pick up a fairly decent PC for under $500 that'll handle Crysis just fine, let alone any game that came out beforehand (within reason; silly OS and hardware compatibility issues aside) and pretty much anything since. You'll always have shitty ports regardless of the system, so while you might get hosed on something like Bully, you get a boost on games like Fallout 3 and Far Cry 2.

Also, a gamepad is a better controller for a lot of games, but nothing tops the ol' mouse and keyboard for first/third person shooters and real time strategy games. I do miss analog movement when I play on my PC, though (which is why I stick to the console versions of Splinter Cell).

If you don't like fps/tps/rts/point and click adventure/mmorpgs then yea, the pc probably isn't the best platform to be playing on...but otherwise, it's the bee's knees. It's also a great place for hardcore race sims (Kaemmer's race sims, live for speed, SimBin's racing series, etc) and flight sims (MS Flight Sim, X Plane). Yum!

[j_factor]

Nowadays, PC games generally have good gamepad support when needed, and there are lots of great USB controllers available, so it's really not an issue anymore.